Mumbai, 26 May 2022
The Indian Navy’s indigenously built guided-missile stealth destroyer, INS Kolkata, was affiliated to the Mahar regiment, one of the most decorated infantry regiments of the Indian Army, on Wednesday (May 25, 2022) at an impressive ceremony held at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
Captain Prashant Handu, NM, Commanding Officer, Kolkata hands over the ship’s crest to Brigadier Navneet Jaryal, Commandant, Mahar Regimental Centre.
With signing of the Affiliation Charter by Lieutenant General C Bansi Ponnappa, AVSM, VSM, Adjutant General of the Indian Army and Colonel of the Mahar Regiment, Rear Admiral Sameer Saxena, NM, Flag Officer Commanding, Western Fleet, Brigadier Navneet Jaryal, Commandant, Mahar Regimental Centre, and Captain Prashant Handu, NM, Commanding Officer, Kolkata, onboard the ship, the affiliation was solemnised.
Lieutenant General C Bansi Ponnappa, AVSM, VSM, Adjutant General of the Indian Army and Colonel of the Mahar Regiment paid homage to the bravehearts at Gaurav Stambh in naval dockyard and signed the visitors book.